Lex Talionis Quotes

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

The potential beauty of human life is constantly made ugly by man's ever recurring song of retaliation. The oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever rising tides of revenge. Man has never risen above the injunction of the lex talionis: "Life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot." In spite of the fact that the law of revenge solves no social problems, men continue to follow its disastrous leading. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that pursued this self-defeating path.

O you who believe! retaliation is prescribed for you in the matter of the slain.

Where I come from we believe in an eye for an eye. That's what we do. That's just the way it is.

I did not defend myself. I say a life for a life.

Life for life, eye for eye, nose for nose, ear for ear, tooth for tooth, wounds equal for equal

If a man destroy the eye of another man, they shall destroy his eye.

Not an eye for an eye, not a tooth for a tooth; that is completely wrong. But for an eye, both the eyes; for a tooth, the whole jaw

An eye for an eye.” “That's a revenge thing, right? From some play.” “The Bible, darling. The Lord of all plays.

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. a burn for a burn. a life for a life. that's how all this got started. and that's how it's going to end.

If you ask me, I think it should be an eye for an eye. On everything.

Whoso sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed.

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

To deal with us, you must understand us, We believe in an eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth. We do not understand Christian charity.